LGBTQ Statistics

LGBTQ communities can experience severe forms of violence. The reasons behind different experiences of violence in these communities, while all rooted in power and control on personal or systemic levels may vary. In some cases, it may be as a result of not conforming to gender norms (i.e. hate crime). In other cases, for example, intimate partner violence, the causes are related to interpersonal relationship dynamics. As with all forms of gender-based violence we know that underreporting is common and it is difficult to have accurate data.

An Ontario-based study found that

“20% [of trans people] had experienced physical or sexual assault due to their identity.”